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so, with that, and -- >> president obama moments ago. nbc's martin fletch ser is watching all of the developments with the the london bureau. what do we know about the suspect in custody right now? >> well, jeff, he is said to be a norwegian national, and not a foreigner, so that the suggestion there may be that it is not necessarily an international plot. but because the two attacks are apparently linked according to the norwegian police, and the kind of attacks they were, and a huge bomb in the center of oslo targeting the prime minister's building and then this, the camp on the island one hour away from oslo where apparently the norwegian prime minister was set to speak to visit tomorrow suggested it was indeed a coordinated attack and of course now the police are trying to find out who did it, of course. >> of course. nbc's martin fletcher following the latest for us out of london. martin, thanks. >>> al qaeda fighters are in somalia and vowing to keep up as international aide workers out of their country even as the u.n. warns that
so, with that, and -- >> president obama moments ago. nbc's martin fletch ser is watching all of the developments with the the london bureau. what do we know about the suspect in custody right now? >> well, jeff, he is said to be a norwegian national, and not a foreigner, so that the suggestion there may be that it is not necessarily an international plot. but because the two attacks are apparently linked according to the norwegian police, and the kind of attacks they were, and a...
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and we know the ads blaming president obama for the economy are politics at its worst. the republicans have opposed economic reforms at every turn. and now they have a plan that would essentially end medicare for future retirees... slash education... while giving huge tax breaks to big oil and the wealthy. we can't rebuild america if they tear down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive the future of business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn. ♪ machines have a voice. ♪ medical history follows you. it's the at&t network -- a network of possibilities... committed to delivering the most advanced mobile broadband experience to help move business... forward. ♪ ♪ if you want to fly ♪ come and take a ride >> and before the break we asked you about the nicknames for the shuttle astronauts, and two of them. commander chris ferguson goes by the nickname fergie, and pilot doug hurley goes by the nickname chunky. i don't know about that, but we are back her
and we know the ads blaming president obama for the economy are politics at its worst. the republicans have opposed economic reforms at every turn. and now they have a plan that would essentially end medicare for future retirees... slash education... while giving huge tax breaks to big oil and the wealthy. we can't rebuild america if they tear down the middle class. priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. a living, breathing intelligence that's helping drive...
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>> well, when you hear president obama use the word "dysfunctional" in the speech maybe it is like the alcoholic knowing it is a problem, but he or she does not know what to do about it, and it does not ingender the sensibility that washington knows what are partisan politics, but the markets are not interested in partisan politics, but something resembling cogent policy. >> well, zachary karabell, thank you. >>> and there is a fear that the u.s. credit downgrade would affect the markets, and what it would mean for the country. >>> developing news, democratic congressman david wu says he will resign amid allegations behind an 18-year-old woman saying she had an unwanted sexual encounter with him. in the statement the seven-term congressman says he won't step down until the democratic crisis is resolved. and the house demand eed to hav an ethics investigation, but david wu said he refused to step down until that time. >>> and a man who has confessed to massacring dozens of people in norway and according to the lawyer for anders behring breivik believes his client is insane and fears a g
>> well, when you hear president obama use the word "dysfunctional" in the speech maybe it is like the alcoholic knowing it is a problem, but he or she does not know what to do about it, and it does not ingender the sensibility that washington knows what are partisan politics, but the markets are not interested in partisan politics, but something resembling cogent policy. >> well, zachary karabell, thank you. >>> and there is a fear that the u.s. credit downgrade...
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we will unveil harry reid's plan and in a short time ago president obama said it was vital for both parties to come together. >> neither party is blameless for the decisions that led to our debt, but both parties have a responsibility to come together and solve the problem and make sure that the american people aren't hurt. >> our coverage begins with msnbc's luke russert live from capitol hill right now. luke, we have dueling plans coming out in hours of each other, but we are eight days of the deadline. is there enough time to bring them to the floor and get them into action? >> there absolutely is if you were going to do one of the plans, thomas. as of right now, speaker boehner is proposing a plan that you mentioned $900 billion in cuts followed bay -- extension of the debt ceiling and followed by 2 $1.2 trillion in spending cuts and it assigns a committee to find more cuts to garner $1.8 trillion more heading into the next year. this committee has a up or down vote before congress of their findings of what could cut the budget deficit and what exactly they believe could pass. what is i
we will unveil harry reid's plan and in a short time ago president obama said it was vital for both parties to come together. >> neither party is blameless for the decisions that led to our debt, but both parties have a responsibility to come together and solve the problem and make sure that the american people aren't hurt. >> our coverage begins with msnbc's luke russert live from capitol hill right now. luke, we have dueling plans coming out in hours of each other, but we are...
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. >>> and then president obama lights into congressman cantor and why some are asking if he is hurting the debt talks. >>> and the senate democrats will hold a conference with treasury secretary timothy geithn geithner. >>> and a judge makes a surprising ruling in the baseball star perjury charges. >>> and first, funeral services for betty ford where she grew up and where she and gerald ford married in 1948. in a few minutes, lynne cheney, the wife of former vice president dick cheney will give a eulogy and hundreds attended a memorial for her and filing by the casket to pay t last respects. she will be laid to rest later this afternoon right next to her husband. >> she was a role model to women, with, you know, making breast cancer something that, you know, people could talk about. >> she was not president, but she set a huge impact on this country and the world in general. >> betty ford was an honest wonderful person. >> nbc's jay gray joins me from grand rapids, michigan, and as i noted, the family should be filing in and may already be inside, and what is the latest, jay, as everyo
. >>> and then president obama lights into congressman cantor and why some are asking if he is hurting the debt talks. >>> and the senate democrats will hold a conference with treasury secretary timothy geithn geithner. >>> and a judge makes a surprising ruling in the baseball star perjury charges. >>> and first, funeral services for betty ford where she grew up and where she and gerald ford married in 1948. in a few minutes, lynne cheney, the wife of former...
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it is correct that president obama and speaker boehner are close to what they would agree on for a deal to be done, but that is not the most important thing. the most important thing is for john boehner to find enough republicans to go with him to get a majority. it is all about counting votes in the house now, and the senate democratic leadership is confident they are able to get the mcconnell/reid plan through the senate, and probably early next week and send it over to the house, and the question is what conditions get attached to it and fit into the equation of 218 votes and the gang of six proposal will help with that and that is what the time's story is explaining that the elements of the gang of six proposal is and how that would help, but more of the agreement between president obama and john boehner is between john boehner and the republicans. >> and john, why are we seeing a downturn and certainly not with wall street and the markets. they are up right now as we watch what is happening, but why aren't we seeing a reaction at least now? >> i think that so far, still, wall stree
it is correct that president obama and speaker boehner are close to what they would agree on for a deal to be done, but that is not the most important thing. the most important thing is for john boehner to find enough republicans to go with him to get a majority. it is all about counting votes in the house now, and the senate democratic leadership is confident they are able to get the mcconnell/reid plan through the senate, and probably early next week and send it over to the house, and the...
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number one that goes back to president obama, and you explain? >> well, paul ryan put through a budget earlier in the spring that would have reduced drastically the cost of medicare and turned it into a voucher program. the republicans were upset that the president did not counter with the proposal at that time, and continued into the debt ceiling debate. but this is different, because the president is negotiating behind the scenes and put forward a number of proposal as and again public with the proposals he is willing to accept and endorsed the reid plan and said good things about the gang of six plan, but the republicans because they are the legislative body here in the house says that the president does not have a plan, and there is no plan, and nothing on the table and it is misleading at this time. >> and should the democrats reject the idea of compromise? >> well, it is true that the democrats don't like the word compromise, and republicans love it, because they don't like tot hear it, and the democrats do like to hear the word compromise,
number one that goes back to president obama, and you explain? >> well, paul ryan put through a budget earlier in the spring that would have reduced drastically the cost of medicare and turned it into a voucher program. the republicans were upset that the president did not counter with the proposal at that time, and continued into the debt ceiling debate. but this is different, because the president is negotiating behind the scenes and put forward a number of proposal as and again public...
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barack obama is a handsome guy, and who would deny that? >> well, it is a sensibility that a country that is more self-aware of strong female candidates entering the fray of presidential politics, and we have not had this before. we have had jarrell jarrell dee rald -- geraldino ferrara or hillary clinton? >> well, that is true, but i am not vote on someone based on the relative attractiveness, but it is a factor. there is a correlation between those we lekt and whether they are good looking people. >> sure, there a correlation. be sure to see him on "meet the press" this sunday with tim pawlenty and david gregory on "meet the press." >>> and nasa's shuttle launch is in jeopardy, because a lightning strike hit one-third of the mile of the launch pad, and technicians have to make a thorough check for damage. we are joined by jay barbary with the latest. what are you seeing weather wise, and what we see percent e percentage-wise of this launch going off at the specified time. >> well, thomas, the weather is pretty bad today. we have already h
barack obama is a handsome guy, and who would deny that? >> well, it is a sensibility that a country that is more self-aware of strong female candidates entering the fray of presidential politics, and we have not had this before. we have had jarrell jarrell dee rald -- geraldino ferrara or hillary clinton? >> well, that is true, but i am not vote on someone based on the relative attractiveness, but it is a factor. there is a correlation between those we lekt and whether they are...
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but in the last hour, president obama says thatle po ti le ppol to be set aside to make progress be made. >> we can't let politics stand in the way of doing the right thing in washington. we can't stand on the way when it comes to doing the right thing on deficits. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell joins me live from capitol hill, and we know though that sides disagree on what is the right thing and how the handle it. >> exactly. there are a couple of developments happening. first of all, senator harry reid, the majority leader is saying that the senate will stay in session through the weekend and right up to the august 2nd deadline or when it resolves itself, so it is extra work for senators and the staffs, and on the agreement of reid and mcconnell, that is largely the work of staffers behind the scenes and the general outlines are there, but there is a ways to go, and because the president has issued a veto threat on the cut, cap and balance as it is known that you mentioned that the house is likely to pass tomorrow, that triggered a new response from speaker john boehner and that is a written
but in the last hour, president obama says thatle po ti le ppol to be set aside to make progress be made. >> we can't let politics stand in the way of doing the right thing in washington. we can't stand on the way when it comes to doing the right thing on deficits. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell joins me live from capitol hill, and we know though that sides disagree on what is the right thing and how the handle it. >> exactly. there are a couple of developments happening. first of...
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we've been watching president obama hold the first ever twitter town hal
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i think the obama administration will accept those recommendations. he's also been a big advocate of women's health and preventive care so we expect those it be adopted by the administration and that access to this birth control for women without that additional co-pay are going to be available within a year or so. >> all right. nancy keenan, thank you very much for joining us on this gut check. what does your gut tell you? should birth control be classified as preventive medicine and be available free of charge to women? go to "newsnation".msnbc.com to cast your vote and see what the gut check is saying about yesterday's question. did rupert murdoch's testimony before parliament help or hurt his media empire? >> 7% said it helped and 93% said it hurt. that does it for this wednesday edition of "newsnation." i'm tamron hall. i'll be back here tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. richard lui is in for martin bashir. he's next. booking a flight by itself is an uh-oh. see if we can "stitch" together a better deal. that's a hint, antoine. ooh! see what ana
i think the obama administration will accept those recommendations. he's also been a big advocate of women's health and preventive care so we expect those it be adopted by the administration and that access to this birth control for women without that additional co-pay are going to be available within a year or so. >> all right. nancy keenan, thank you very much for joining us on this gut check. what does your gut tell you? should birth control be classified as preventive medicine and be...
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jay carner is expected to talk as well as president obama making an appearance. our kristen welker is at white house. it's just going to be jay carney, sorry about that. jay carney speaking today. kristen, you're at the white house, but explain what we should expect when it comes to so much of the rhetoric on the democratic side about whether or not the president should be using the 14th amendment. >> reporter: hi there, thomas. well, you know, that's been an idea bandied back and forth for a couple of weeks now. white house officials just this morning pushing back against that option. they say they just don't think it's a viable option. president obama himself addressed it the end of last week during a town hall meeting when he said he'd actually consulted his counsel about this, and they just don't think it's a winning argument. now interestingly, former president bill clinton said he would have no problem using the 14th amendment in this type of a situation, but the white house standing firm saying that this is something that they have to get done with congres
jay carner is expected to talk as well as president obama making an appearance. our kristen welker is at white house. it's just going to be jay carney, sorry about that. jay carney speaking today. kristen, you're at the white house, but explain what we should expect when it comes to so much of the rhetoric on the democratic side about whether or not the president should be using the 14th amendment. >> reporter: hi there, thomas. well, you know, that's been an idea bandied back and forth...
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suggests how americans feel about raising the debt ceiling, and in the past hour once again president obama speaks out about the ongoing debate. we will have the latest comments from the president. >> and one year after shirley sherrod was forced out of her job saying she was racist, her suit against blogist andrew breitbart gets under way. >>> and you don't want to miss the rest of this, the crime fighting chihuahua, and he brings it to these robbery suspects. make it yours. make it mio. can be even more powerful, with precise pain relieving cream. it blocks pain signals fast for relief precisely where you need it most. precise. only from the makers of tylenol. but when she got asthma, all i could do was worry ! specialists, lots of doctors, lots of advice... and my hands were full. i couldn't sort through it all. with unitedhealthcare, it's different. we have access to great specialists, and our pediatrician gets all the information. everyone works as a team. and i only need to talk to one person about her care. we're more than 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's he
suggests how americans feel about raising the debt ceiling, and in the past hour once again president obama speaks out about the ongoing debate. we will have the latest comments from the president. >> and one year after shirley sherrod was forced out of her job saying she was racist, her suit against blogist andrew breitbart gets under way. >>> and you don't want to miss the rest of this, the crime fighting chihuahua, and he brings it to these robbery suspects. make it yours....
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is herman cain at any position to take a cheap shot at president obama? >>> and we begin here in new york where a judge has just
is herman cain at any position to take a cheap shot at president obama? >>> and we begin here in new york where a judge has just
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. >> and as far as we know president obama has remained on the sidelines for several days now, but since his address on monday night, we haven't seen or heard of him taking meetings but jay carney alluded to the fact that we don't know whether or not he has met with speaker boehner and you with critical of the fact that he came out and took up prime time and gave the nation that address, and what do you expect him to do next? >> well, all journalists were concerned and critical is the right word of the president using a prime time tv address for a political purpose. this is a partisan argument and his main concern right now is to avoid another vote next year which will endanger his re-election concern and that is a partisan concern and it was not just me, but i spoke to many journalists who say that prime time tv addresses should be reserved for events and not partisan debate. and it was not a public announcement, but a partisan debate. >> will it take a toll on the president's approval ratings down the line? >> no, everything depends what we are hearing right now about good news on the
. >> and as far as we know president obama has remained on the sidelines for several days now, but since his address on monday night, we haven't seen or heard of him taking meetings but jay carney alluded to the fact that we don't know whether or not he has met with speaker boehner and you with critical of the fact that he came out and took up prime time and gave the nation that address, and what do you expect him to do next? >> well, all journalists were concerned and critical is...